if you mixed the kelp directly into the drink, this may be why hubby found it disgusting. i never mix the kelp in, i take the kelp separately. the kelp and molasses just don't mix for me, doesn't taste right. i mix all the ingredients sans the kelp, which tastes fantastic. then i do the kelp with just some lemon water either direclty afterwards or at another time altogether in the day. the kelp and lemon water still have the acid/alkaline energizing thing going on.